"Published June 10, 1949; reprinted seven times; ninth printing, January 1976"--Verso of title page.
Contents
Chapter headings: Homo Sapiens -- Types of men -- Religion -- Morals -- Crime and punishment -- Death -- Government -- Democracy -- Americans -- The South -- History -- Statesmen -- American immortals -- Odd fish -- Economics -- Pedagogy -- Psychology -- Science -- Quackery -- The human body -- Utopian flights -- Souvenirs of a journalist -- Criticism -- Literature -- Literati -- Music -- The lesser arts -- Buffooneries -- Sententiae -- Appendix.
Summary
A selection of choice passages from H.L.M.'s out-of-print writings.
